Pogačar is reportedly contemplating skipping Paris-Roubaix and Amstel in 2026
Just hours into Tadej Pogačar's off-season, rumours were already swirling about his 2026 programme. And according to Het Laatste Nieuws, it may not include either Paris-Roubaix nor the Amstel Gold Race.
This would leave a two-week break between the Tour of Flanders and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, two races he's won at least twice. In fact, should he defend his Flanders title, he would join the seven riders who have won it thrice (including Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen, Johan Museeuw and Matthieu van der Poel, the only other active rider on the list), setting up another record-breaking ride in the future. At Liège, meanwhile, Pogačar would be going after his fourth career win, and third in a row, something only two others have ever done: Moreno Argentin and Eddy Merckx – the Belgian legend holds the record total of five.
While it makes some sense that Pogačar might be minded to skip Amstel, which he's raced three times and won once in 2023 (DNF 2019, second in 2025), but missing Paris-Roubaix after his runner-up finish on debut this past spring seems rather less likely, unless he's considering a return to the Giro d'Italia. So, we'll take this news with a pinch handful of salt; it's one of the dwindling number of races he's yet to win, after all.
